UPC CoA 437/2023
Nov 20, 2023·EP3498115 +4 more · VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Claim dismissed)ActionAppealCategoryMain appeal
- Parties
- Claimants
- Juul Labs, Inc.Operating co.
Representatives- Bernhard Thum-Thum & Partner
- Jonas Weickert-Thum & Partner
- Andreas Mötsch-Thum & Partner
- Tobias Wuttke-Bardehle Pagenberg
Respondents- NJOY Netherlands B.V.Operating co.
Representatives- Henrik Holzapfel-McDermott Will & Schulte
- Division
- Court of Appeal
- Technology
- Electrical engineeringElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Other fieldsOther consumer goods
- Language
- English
- EPO Opposition
- Smokeless.world GmbHAdmissible2022-05-03
- Philip Morris Products S.A.Admissible2022-05-03
- Nicoventures Trading LimitedAdmissible2022-05-04
- STRAWMAN LIMITEDWithdrawn2022-05-04
- Nicoventures Trading LimitedAdmissible2022-05-31
- Philip Morris Products S.A.Admissible2022-03-08
- Smokeless.world GmbHAdmissible2022-03-08
- Nicoventures Trading LimitedAdmissible2022-03-09
- Nicoventures Trading LimitedAdmissible2022-08-17
- Smokeless.world GmbHAdmissible2022-08-23
- Nicoventures Trading LimitedAdmissible2021-10-27
- Smokeless.world GmbHAdmissible2021-10-27
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Judge Klaus Grabinski | Locked |
| Judge Peter Blok | Locked |
At the UPC: Juul Labs Group (33 cases)·Altria Group (45 cases)
This dispute contains 17 other proceedings
UPC CFI 531/2026·UPC CFI 537/2026·UPC CFI 538/2026·UPC CoA 328/2025·UPC CFI 298/2025 and 12 more
5 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CFI 330/2023·APL 588420/2023·APL 588422/2023·APL 588423/2023·APL 588426/2023
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More cases: Court of Appeal·2023
- 2024-04-03Appeal RoP220.2Public
Summary: The Court of Appeal (Panel 1a) dismissed the appeal by Juul Labs International Inc. against the Paris Central Division's order rectifying the party name in five revocation actions brought by NJOY Netherlands B.V. The CoA held that despite the incorrect original naming of Juul Labs Inc. (instead of Juul Labs International Inc., the registered patent proprietor), the appellant should have known the actions were directed against it, and the rectification did not cause unreasonable prejudice. No costs order was made in the appeal as it did not constitute a final decision concluding the actions.
Show the legal issues (4)
- Rectification of party name
- Incorrect naming of patent proprietor
- Prejudice from name rectification
- Costs in non-final appeal order (R. 242.1 RoP)
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2024-05-31 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2024-04-04 | Not public |
| DecisionOutcome | 2024-04-03 | Not public |
| Final order | 2024-04-03 | Public |
| Hearing Reference | 2024-02-14 | Not public |
| Hearing Reference | 2024-02-14 | Not public |
| interimProcedureClosure | 2024-01-11 | Not public |
| summons | 2024-01-11 | Not public |
| Order | 2024-01-11 | Not public |
| Order | 2024-01-11 | Not public |